Mindestens 6 der bedrohlichen Raketen in der verschwenderischen 100th Anniversary Militärparade in Pjöngjang angezeigt, Nordkorea waren plumpe Fälschungen. Sie konfrontierte eine Kombination aus Flüssigkeit betriebenen und Festbrennstoff-Teile, die nie fliegen würde, gemeinsam innerhalb der gleichen Einheit. Selbst die Rakete Gehäuse hinterlassen einen Eindruck, dass das Metall zu dünn, um jeden Flug Belastbarkeit ist. Jede Rakete war etwas anders als die anderen, obwohl sie sollten das gleiche zu machen. Die Raketen gar nicht passen die mobilen Raketenwerfern, die sie durchgeführt.

“There is no doubt that these missiles were mock-ups,” Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker agreed, from Germany’s Schmucker Technology. “It remains unknown if they were designed this way to confuse foreign analysts, or if the designers simply did some sloppy work.” Schiller and Schmucker, advise NATO on missile issues. They argue these new mock-ups prove North Korea is a long way from having a credible ICBM and referred to the parade as a “dog and pony show.”

North Korea often blows their military capabilities out of proportion. They also claimed they had weapons capable of destroying the United States in a single blow and promised to reduce Seoul, South Korea to ashes in minutes.

Theodore Postol, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sagte, “I believe that these missiles are not only mock-ups, but they are very unlikely to be actual mock-ups of any missiles in design.” And he added, “Fabricating a missile like the KN-08 would require a gigantic indigenous technical effort. … The only way North Korea could develop such a missile with its pitiful economy would be if someone gave it to them.”

The 16-wheel mobile launchers that carried the missiles during the big military parade might have been built in China. If indeed, China is supplying missile technology to North Korea, they have violated U.N. Sanktionen.

It would seem that North Korea’s goal was to project an image of power to the world. Stattdessen, they bring more disgrace upon themselves.